VW’s German Execs Gird to Face Questions From U.S. Authorities

By Tom Schoenberg and Alan Katz, Bloomberg News

Dozens of Volkswagen AG officials in Germany have hired U.S. criminal defense lawyers as the Justice Department ramps up meetings with managers to gather evidence that may lead to charges against executives, people familiar with the matter said.

U.S. authorities have traveled to Germany to arrange interviews with managers and seek cooperation in their probe of the automaker’s efforts to subvert anti-pollution rules, the people said. With some interviews yet to take place, it makes it less likely, they said, that prosecutors will be able to reach a resolution with the company by the ...